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The Daily Article

NFL player fined for wearing 'Man of God' headband: The key to transformative courage

The Daily Article

The Denison Forum

News, Christianity, Daily News, Religion & Spirituality

4.9576 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2019

⏱️ 6 minutes

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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR OCTOBER 00, 2019

New Orleans Saints linebacker Demario Davis modeled the kind of public faith Scripture commends. Today's podcast discusses ways and reasons to stand courageously for our Lord in a secular culture.

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0:00.0

This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-Changing Christians.

0:07.8

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0:14.3

Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

0:20.0

Arizona, Oakland, Green Bay, Buffalo, and Indianapolis all scored upset wins in yesterday's

0:25.6

pro football action.

0:26.6

Baseball's playoffs continue.

0:28.6

Hockey has started, and basketball is around the corner.

0:31.6

But an NFL game on September 22nd is on my mind this morning.

0:36.6

When the New Orleans Saints played the Seattle Seahawks,

0:39.5

Saints linebacker DeMario Davis wore a headband matching his team's colors, bearing the words,

0:45.2

Man of God. Here's the problem. NFL rules prohibit players from displaying social, political,

0:51.5

patriotic, memorial, or charitable messages during games. Even though his

0:56.4

headband wasn't visible beneath his helmet, Davis was fined $7,017 for a first offense uniform

1:03.4

violation. Davis sees the fine as a positive. Nobody wants to lose money, but I think any time that the

1:10.4

conversation about God is brought up,

1:12.6

especially in these times, I think it's always a positive or silver lining.

1:17.2

If he can get glory from it, I think he can get glory from it whether I personally wear the

1:22.1

headband or don't wear the headband. He's always going to be in control of the whole situation. We're still all good.

1:29.3

In fact, Davis plans to market the headbands and donate the proceeds to charity or to a Christian organization.

1:36.3

I'm hoping to put it where fans can wear it, he said, and I can wear it through them.

1:44.2

I've often said that God redeems all he allows.

1:47.9

If the NFL had not fined Mario Davis for his Man of God headband,

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